primaquine phosphate

primaquine phosphate
An antimalarial agent especially effective against Plasmodium vivax, terminating relapsing vivax malaria; usually administered with chloroquine.
- p. sensitivity a sensitivity to p. observed in individuals with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.

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prim·a·quine phos·phate (primґə-kwēn) [USP] an 8-aminoquinoline compound used as an antimalarial against the preerythrocytic stage of Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale and the gametocyte stage of P. falciparum, used especially in the treatment of relapsing vivax malaria; administered orally, sometimes in conjunction with other antimalarials.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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